Chia pudding

Combine the almond milk and maple syrup. Once combined, continuously stir while gradually adding the chia seeds. Rest for five minutes and then stir the mixture again to avoid clumps forming. Leave the chia mixture in the fridge overnight to set. Serve and garnish with fresh seasonal strawberries and blueberries.

Louise’s walnut salad

Combine the leaves, pear, parmesan and lastly, the walnuts (to prevent them going soggy). Drizzle with olive oil and squeeze over lemon juice (for taste and to stop the pears browning). Delicious, fulfilling and easy to prepare.

To make the vinaigrette, blend all the ingredients until combined. Place in a clean container until ready to use.

To create the salad, blend the basil and olive oil for about 3 minutes. Strain the oil through a fine mesh strainer but do not force through the mesh, you just want the oil to drip out, leaving the solids behind. Once the oil has drained, discard the solids.

Preheat an oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the hazelnuts on a sheet pan lined with parchment in an even layer. Toast for 6-8 minutes, or until gold brown. Take care not to over toast. As a general rule of thumb, if you can smell the hazelnuts’ toasted fragrance while the oven is closed, then they are most likely burnt. Once toasted, allow to cool and lightly crush.

Place the watermelon in a vacuum sealable bag and add ½ cup of the vinaigrette. Vacuum press the watermelon until compressed. This will depend on the system you have but vacuum pressing the watermelon is optional.

Combine mixed greens, cucumbers, shaved java apples, and shaved radishes in a mixing bowl and dress with the vinaigrette, season with salt and pepper. Divide the dressed salad between the plates. Place the compressed watermelon, French feta and hazelnuts onto the salad. Drizzle the basil oil over the salad and finish with Cayman Sea Salt.

Cupid is just around the corner and to celebrate, I thought I’d create one of my all time Valentine’s Day favourites. Forget the chocolates – do something good for your heart with this heart-healthy, delicious and refreshing salad that is really easy to make.

Bright pinks and dark greens, vibrant yellows and bold purples, fiery oranges and vivid reds are just some of the colours from the rainbow that when combined, make even your least favourite vegetables look wildly appetising.

Nick requires 40 to 55 kilograms of kale a week, 20 to 30 kilograms of purslane (a tasty, easy-to-grow “weed” and a rich source of omega-3s), four bundles of fresh moringa, over 90 kilograms of ripe banana and plantain (a more savoury variety of banana), 45 kilograms of mango as well as ginger and turmeric to make enough smoothies to meet the growing demand.

Farmer Clarence grabs a machete and starts peeling back layers of coconut, making an indent small enough for me to poke my straw through and drink the refreshing water inside. He then hands me a wedge of coconut skin to use as a spoon and shows me how to peel out the young gel-like flesh inside.

Chocolate garlic

Separate and peel the garlic cloves. Soak the cloves in ice water to seal in the flavour and juices while you prepare the chocolate. Melt chocolate slowly in a double boiler, microwave or fondue pot. Add liqueur and blend well. Dry the garlic cloves and dip to completely cover in the chocolate/liqueur mixture. Allow to set and harden on a sheet of foil in fridge. Serve on a small dish at the end of a meal.